Tyr

Tyr is a full-service commercial law firm which aims to redefine the lawyer and client relationship.  

At Tyr, we prioritise our clients and their goals, looking beyond just the legal issues. We approach every situation with a commercial mindset to provide practical solutions, ensuring our advice is not only technically sound, but also actionable. 

Building strong relationships with clients and fostering a collaborative, respectful environment with each other, is at the heart of what we do. This resourceful approach ensures we provide our clients with holistic and clear advice built on specialist knowledge and years of market experience. We pride ourselves on being vibrant, approachable, and professional, delivering high-quality, technical legal advice that is both pragmatic and accessible. 

We ensure that all our partners and senior fee earners have backgrounds in leading legal practices and are accomplished in dealing with complex commercial issues for regional, national and international clients.  

We move at pace and make things happen, priding ourselves on navigating complex situations with agility, logic and empathy. 

Commercial Litigation: The team is led by Matthew Fidler and includes a number of experienced lawyers who have worked for some of the UK’s leading litigation practices. The team typically works on complex and high-value commercial disputes. The department has particular expertise in dealing with disputes arising out of corporate transactions, shareholder disputes, director misfeasance, as well as acting on competition damages actions, and matters involving professional negligence and fraud. The team also assists high-net-worth individuals on a range of issues. 

The team often acts on complex disputes in the financial services, accountancy and IT sectors, and has a depth of knowledge in challenging the decisions of a range of different public bodies by way of judicial review. 

Commercial Property: The team is led by Dean Jowett, who has over 20 years’ experience in the sector and has worked in leading commercial property practices in national law firms. The team’s work covers all aspects of commercial property, with a particular specialism in residential and commercial development work. The department also assists clients with acquisitions, disposals and other commercial property matters. 

Clients receive a responsive and commercially minded service, with a team which works in partnership with them, adding value in all areas beyond legal advice. 

Property Litigation: The team is led by partner Laura Salvati, and deals with all aspects of property related disputes for clients in a wide range of sectors including retail, leisure and hospitality, and shipping and logistics. The team prides itself on giving sector specific, pragmatic advice. 

The team has particular experience of portfolio management, including high-value unopposed and complex opposed lease renewals (often as part of a wider development strategy), relocation and exit strategies, dilapidations claims and tenant related insolvency and restructuring. The team also regularly advises developers in connection with third-party land rights, development and option agreements. 

Corporate:  The team is led by partner, Chris Blantern. His team routinely advise on a wide range of transactions including acquisitions and disposals, management buy-outs and buy-ins, joint ventures, shareholder and partnership agreements, refinancing and reorganisations, as well as providing general corporate advice. 

The team has particular experience within the financial and professional services, environmental services, and manufacturing and healthcare sectors. 

Commercial and IT:  The practice is led by Luisa D’Alessandro, who has over 20 years’ experience in her field. The department’s work covers a range of commercial contract matters including trading terms, manufacturing and supply, agency, distribution, franchising, and outsourcing.  The team also advises on data protection, e-commerce, and IT matters such as licensing, reseller agreements, IT system supply and purchases, and service level arrangements. As well as advising clients in the IT sector, the team has particular experience in the manufacturing, logistics, retail and leisure sectors. 

Regulatory: Tyr’s supports businesses, directors, and senior managers across a range of complex issues. The department predominantly advises on complex compliance and regulatory issues, including environmental investigations and health and safety prosecutions.  

Employment: The team is led by partner Matthew Yates. The department has substantial experience in all aspects of employment law and provides solutions and advice on a range of employment matters, including business restructuring, TUPE and collective consultation, restrictive covenants, managing trade union relations, business acquisitions and disposals, defending all types of Employment Tribunal claims and advising on executive severance (for both companies and individuals). 

Business Restructuring: The team is led by partners Ashley Jaques and Alistair McHenry.  The team has significant experience acting on behalf of insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, companies, directors, property agents and turnaround professionals from across the country on all aspects of corporate recovery and restructuring work. The team advise on high-value complex disputes acting for office holders, litigation funders and directors in bringing and defending claims. The team also advise on all aspects of personal insolvency work and have experience of acting on numerous high profile football club insolvencies. 

Sport:  The practice is led by partner Alistair McHenry who has 15 years’ experience in his field. The department has extensive experience in all aspects of sports law, with a particular focus on dispute resolution, contentious regulatory work and arbitrations. The team has advised on a number of arbitrations at the very highest levels involving Premier League Clubs. The team often acts for governing bodies, clubs, players, athletes and other sports professionals on a wide variety of issues.